With reference to recent media coverage regarding the launch of MyKali Magazine‘s Arabic version, the Magazine would like to correct the following misinformation:

– My.Kali Magazine is a zero-budget online social and entertainment e-zine that functions as a collective platform featuring the voluntary contributions of unpaid writers, bloggers and other creatives from across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It is not and has never been published, and has no plans to issue hardcopies or become a formal registered entity in Jordan, being on paper goes against My.Kali’s initial identity.

– As an independent grassroots project, My.Kali is not sponsored or supported by any foreign government or other international organization, and has never been part of a foreign agenda. It is purely the product of an ever-changing collective of Arab and North African heterosexual and LGBTQIA youth who are interested in presenting marginalized voices with a platform through which to express their issues, interests and creativity. Its material covers both LGBTQIA and general social issues, MENA pop culture, alternative music scene and entertainment, human and women’s rights, and youth empowerment.

– The Magazine has never aimed to undermine the traditions and culture of Jordanian society, nor does it endeavor to spread homosexuality as some have claimed. The e-zine merely believes in freedom of speech and exercises this right as an informal collective on the Internet, sharing with those who freely and voluntarily visit its website articles.

– The Jordanian LGBTQ community has always been an inherent part of the country’s social fabric. It is not a foreign import or construct, nor does it have an agenda to debase Jordanian traditions. The cover picture featuring My.Kali’s Founder in a Jordanian ‘Hatta’ in 2009 is being used in sensationalist and homophobic media reports provocatively, however the original intend behind the cover was to convey a sense of belonging and pride in the Jordanian identity.

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